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Record £1.2m to Save the Children

The sum raised makes this the most successful newspaper appeal in the charity’s history (Ray Wells)

THE Sunday Times Christmas appeal has raised more than £1.2m for Save the
Children, making it the most successful newspaper appeal in the charity’s
history. The money will help the charity to step up its distribution of
winter clothes, blankets and shelter to Syrian refugees.

A heartfelt thank you to everyone who has given to the appeal: all individual
donations have been doubled under the government’s UK Aid Match scheme and
the appeal was kickstarted by donations of £25,000 each from corporate
donors Unilever, GlaxoSmithKline and Reckitt Benckiser.

Two British businessmen have donated a total of £175,000 to the appeal.

“This is a huge achievement that is also a testament to the level of need that
The Sunday Times has drawn attention to,” said Justin Forsyth, chief
executive of the charity. “The situation in Syria and neighbouring countries
is the biggest humanitarian crisis of our generation, with over 1m child
refugees and more than 3m children in Syria in need of help.”